He guesses that would be fine.

He does tense, when he senses the fire- too tuned to be on guard for magic all the time. But the distraction does help. He doesn't pull away, far from it, he presses into the kiss, his fingers moving up to thread through her hair, his other hand moving to the small of her back.

"Hmmm, I suppose that is better."

Better than freezing, anyway.